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Kenwood Drayton
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Branch of Service: |
US Navy |
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Years of Service: |
1949 -
1953 |
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Final Rank: |
Airborne Radar
Specialist |
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Medals and Decorations
Korean Service Medal with One Campaign Star
United Nations Service Medal
National Defense Ribbon
Good Conduct Medal
Tours of duty:
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USNTC Great Lakes, IL - Boot Camp.
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USNTC Memphis, TN - Aviation and electronic training.
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FAIRBETU (LANT) Norfolk, VA - Airborne equipment training.
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USN Air Station Boca Chica, FL - Aviation electronics technician.
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USNTC Bainbridge, MD - OCS prep school.
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USN Air Station Los Alamitoes, CA - Air Anti-Submarine Squadron VS-20.
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Electronics technician, Air Crewman Wings (Radar,
ECM, Bombardier).
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Flew from CVE's (Sicily, Point Cruise, Badoeng Straits).
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One Tour Japan/Korea Task Force 77
Significant Experiences
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Carrier take off and landings.
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Low altitude bomb runs on submarines.
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Navy powdered scrambled eggs.
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